Califan007 The Constipated

33 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

It doesn’t really matter anymore. Anyone who hates Trump will believe he lunged for the wheel no matter what.  Any testimony to the contrary will be viewed as lying/perjury. 
 

MAGAs are already saying how she wasn’t credible, this was lying testimony. 
 

There are no facts anymore. 

The problem with this thinking is that it will be little more than he said/she said, and excludes the possibility of evidence one side is telling the truth. I firmly believe that the way the J6 committee is doling out this info and presenting their case are for reasons that go beyond "Hey, look at this. Told you." It's rather methodical and isn't being treated like a trial. And I'm starting to think the DoJ is playing its role as well. I mean, would it surprise anyone if we learned down the road that the non-scheduled hearing today was planned all along, but the committee wanted to present it as "We just learned some bombshell news and now we must hold another hearing, it's so big"?

4 hours ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I get it.  Which is why the comparison would be so fantastically stupid. 

 

One guy could possibly be a low-end starter.  The other doesn't have the tools.  

 

But then, neither did Brennan (RIP) and we had a cult around him too. 

Frankly, I think the only thing different between the Cult and the Hive is that there were a load of Cult members and there are 4 hive members left. 

I might need to add more clarity lol...

My only comparison was between the fan base reactions then and the (possible) fan base reactions now, if certain things should occur. Not between players. Collins was a weak-armed backup who did nothing for years until a 4-game win streak that helped get us into the playoffs (and his arm was damn weak, fellas lol). That earned him an almost mythical status among a segment of ESers and tons of complaints that we should have just stuck with Collins over starting the stronger-armed Campbell. When Campbell didn't really produce much in terms of TDs during the start of the next season (8 TDs in first 8 games). that's all we heard about around here. He didn't have any INTs, but didn't matter to many fans. Went 6-2 during those games...didn't matter. When the season fell apart over the 2nd half it just strengthened that mindset in some fans.

Even 2 years later when both QBs were no longer on the team, we still had fans claiming it was a mistake not starting Collins over Campbell...didn't matter that Collins went on to show just how mediocre and weak-armed he really was the next season and then again on another team...Collins was being compared to a guy most here felt was a lost cause and the offense never looked as good with Campbell as with Collins, etc, etc. Fans loved what Collins did during the year Sean Taylor was murdered...one of the very few bright spots for the fan base.

So my fear was that we end up starting the season looking mediocre, going 1-2 or 0-3, and 2020 version of Wentz shows up...a few years from now when both QBs are off the team we will still be reading lengthy back-and-forths about how Rivera should have just stuck with the 5' 6" noodle-armed Heinicke. followed by how Carson "I just **** my pants again throwing a left-handed INT" Wentz was still better lol...just like we did with Campbell and Collins...over and over and over again.

7 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

Collins could play, though.  He had enough arm to run every one of whatshisname's 800 page playbook.  EDIT: Al Saunders.  I don't know why but I've basically blocked his name from my memory.  

 

TH could probably only run 600 of them.  

 

Not so good.  

Wasn't meant as a comparison of playing styles lol...

yeah, this wasn't gonna just be a retelling of who asked for pardons lol...jeebus.

Committee keeps saying (or keeps being reported that they said) they have newly acquired proof...not new testimony, proof.

This was 2 1/2 weeks ago...I guess she's been leading up to this?

1 hour ago, Spaceman Spiff said:

 

That's a pretty cool stat.  Hopefully he spreads it around a lot here, too.

Really doesn't have much to do with spreading it around...the tweet only mentions wide receivers. Wentz had two TEs who both had over 500 yards (Ertz had almost 1,000 yards) and a running back who had over 500 receiving yards as well.

8 minutes ago, SkinsFTW said:

Califan, I just realized that your sig is proof that Snyder is truly a winner. 23 years and counting, still ignoring (or denying) his own buffoonery. 

 

 

Dammit, Gibbs!!

edit: I updated my sig lol...

I'm starting to worry that Wentz/Heinicke will become a modern-day Campbell/Collins lol...

27 minutes ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

In case anyone thinks I’m exaggerating or just wants to be entertained by Snyder‘s kids not being good at football…

 

http://www.hudl.com/v/2GTzAE

Apparently he likes blocking anyway...

Wondering if this will inspire suits against Snyder or the organization, with the same logic being used (if those lawsuits haven't already taken place and been settled, that is)...

"The overwhelming evidence collected indicating that the Washington Redskins enabled the toxic behavior of its executives is incredibly damning"...Seems possible.

3 hours ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

Sounding like Rudy just got his feelings hurt.

See what happens when you have gun control?...You'll now have mass pats on the back!

14 hours ago, The Evil Genius said:

 

Unless she has a back-lit keyboard, I suspect the lantern helps to see the keyboard.  The picture is ridiculous though. 

I think all Macbook pro laptops had the letters, numbers and symbols lit up on their keyboards...comes on automatically when the lighting is dark.

Some NSFW-but-completely-appropriate words...

15 minutes ago, Bang said:

I think if we did have any states secede, or in any way divide ourselves, China and Russia will take a victory lap. Even in times of highly contentious political climates, an emergency has brought us together. But I wonder what would happen if we had something like 9/11 happen now? 
Would we come together as a somewhat whole?
When that happened, we did have a number of crazies who yelled "false flag!", and that the US govt flew the planes, yadda yadda Zeitgeistblahblahblah.
But by and large we came together to accept the truth of the matter. We went to do what we thought needed to be done, and people volunteered from all walks of American life.

Could we do that now? Or would some sort of major attack be the tipping point that burns us down?

 

I'm genuinely asking, what does everyone think.
I want to believe we can. I want to believe that while lunatics are in power and the loud get the headlines, most of us down here on Main street are still relatively cordial.

But I'm not sure.
 

~Bang

Give everyone a common enemy?...In the past I think it would bring both sides together but I honestly don't know anymore. Too many in the QAnon/MAGA crowd would simply claim it's a manufactured distraction. We already have a large segment of Republicans cheering on Russia. Dude walks into a school and obliterates grade school kids with an AR-15 and we still see division on why and what to do about it. Global pandemic starts killing of millions and we became more divided than ever as to (again) why and what to do about it. Jan 6 hearings show die-hard republican leaders and officials spelling out how they witnessed Trump being told ad nauseam that everything he was saying about the election being stolen was flat-out bull**** with no evidence whatsoever to back it up...and a too-large percentage of the population claim it's just Pelosi up to her shenanigans again.

Whether we like it or even want to believe it, a large portion of our country is made up of people who eagerly and happily let conspiracy theories dictate their perspectives on life. And to do that you have to put on blinders and put your fingers in your ears. They're far more in the mainstream and now have political leaders echoing and validating their beliefs nonstop. My only hope is that enough of us vote to kick these idgits out of office.

1 hour ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

Gonna say something that might be controversial…but it probably really shouldn’t be.

 

Ive grown weary of the ZOMG WHAT ABOUT RAPE?!? part of this discourse.  It’s an extremely rare outcome and shouldn’t even be open to debate in the first place.  
 

I think the question to ask is "What if a 30 year old black Antifa member rapes your 13 year old daughter?" That'll make suburban MAGA parents wanna vote Democrat.

But seriously, I think the "what about rape and incest" question needs to constantly be brought up to GOP politicians and their supporters who cheer on Roe v. Wade being struck down for a few reasons:

- The answers inform the population of those states...many may be thinking rape and incest are common-sense exceptions that the law takes into consideration when in reality it does not. It shows how shortsighted their political leaders are being on this issue.

- Not bringing it up ends up excluding those women from the debate who unfortunately have experienced pregnancy from being raped. I can't remember if it was here or on twitter, but there's a tweet from a woman who said she was raped by her uncle when she was 12 and became pregnant. Her grandmother drove her something like 1,000 miles to get an abortion...nobody talked about it afterwards, was just something you didn't bring up. She's like 56 years old now, and I believe has a child of her own. I want her story to matter as much as the stories of women whose birth control failed or any of a dozen other reasons an abortion is being considered. All of it, no matter how rare or how common, is just part of being a female. I like that they bring up their experiences and that their experiences are then asked as questions to politicians.

- It should further motivate people to vote. Basically it underscores this reality: